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Re: Mystery Spitfire Motor

To: "Lukin, Gavin" <GLukin@nibupls1.telstra.com.au>
Subject: Re: Mystery Spitfire Motor
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 16:51:11 +0500 (EST)
Cc: "'triumph list submission'" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Lukin, Gavin wrote:

> I just bought a motor from South Australia. It was supposed to be from a
> MK4 spitfire. However the engine number doesn't appear to be what I
> expected. Most spitfires have a numbers starting with FC. Mine is
> DGxxxxxHE. From the outside it looks like a normal spitfire motor, with
> the 8 port cylinder head.

According to John Kipping's Web site
<http://www.kipping.co.uk/info/engno-id.html>, this would be a 1300 Toledo
engine.

--Andy

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